Deputy Chief of Party - Programs, Haiti Integrated Health Service Delivery

DAI seeks a Deputy Chief of Party – Head of Programs for a four-to-five-year USAID funded Integrated Health Service Delivery program. This project will deliver health services such as Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition Services; HIV/AIDS; Family Planning and Reproductive Health from the Ministry of Health’s Essential Package of Health Services through facilities and attending communities.

Responsibilities:

The DCOP – Head of Programs will be responsible for supporting the Chief of Party (COP) in design and implementation of program components and project activities. S/he will oversee the local technical team and short-term experts in achieving project results. Other responsibilities include:

• Evaluating the performance of the program activities and prepare regular progress reports detailing program results against strategic objective and intermediate result indicators
• Recommending to the Chief of Party additional methods of identifying and assessing program impact
• Participating in diagnostic and training needs assessment
• Assisting the COP to find and implement solutions to keep program activities on track and providing overall guidance and direction focusing on achieving agreed targets and long-term strategic objectives;
• Assisting the COP in preparing weekly, quarterly and other reports for USAID or home office;
• Editing documents prepared by local staff to ensure that they are native-English quality and appropriate USAID/DAI format;
• Ensuring that program activities and successes are appropriately recorded and shared within DAI;
• Assisting the COP to investigate and identify new ways of achieving program efficiencies;
• Assisting the COP in coordinating with the USAID Agreement Officer Representative (AOR) and other USAID field staff in implementing the terms of reference of the contract

Qualifications

• Prior Deputy Chief of Party (Team Leader or Project Director) experience leading and managing complex projects
• At least ten to fifteen years’ experience related to implementation of projects in lower – middle – income economies
• An advanced degree in Public Health or related field, MD preferred
• Sound understanding of health service delivery, MNCH, HIV, TB, and community health
• Sound understanding of the health system in Haiti
• Substantial prior experience working on USAID-funded projects, and knowledge of USAID operations, priorities, and programming
• Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and professional relationships with USAID, host-country counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs, CSOs, and the private sector
• Demonstrated strategic leadership abilities
• Fluent in English, and fluent in either French or Haitian Creole preferred

Only short-listed candidates will be notified

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